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New Kapamilya star Regine Velasquez has been appealing to the public to quit the criticisms on her family following her transfer from GMA network.

It has been weeks since she had officially moved to ABS-CBN, but people still continued to place negative comments on her social media posts.

Her friends in the industry, including her husband Ogie Alcasid, have also posted messages of support amid the heavy online bashing.

As of writing, she had turned off the comments section on her recent Instagram posts.

Online harassment

Velasquez’ being declared a “certified Kapamilya” last October 17, 2018 triggered the criticisms and speculations.

These were mostly directed at Alcasid alleging he influenced her to follow him there.

Asia’s Songbird that day clarified that she only asked her husband’s help to set up a meeting with the ABS-CBN management, but the decision was all hers.

“People have been saying this was his idea. Actually, hindi. It was really me. I did ask for his help — to set up a meeting with [ABS-CBN executives]. It was really me who decided,” Velasquez said.

It did not end there, though. On October 28, she shared a screenshots of comments with offensive content placed on one of her posts. The Instagram account of the person who made these remarks is no longer active.

“Regine is a friend of mine way back na chona velasquez pa yan at sinisingit singit lang namin sa sing along sa BB s kapag wala na kaming joke. This woman went through all the test of an entertainer and she passed all these with exemplary grades with even more to give,” he said.

Ignacio is now a director at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

Celebrated singer-actress Lea Salonga, meanwhile, sent her a reminder on Twitter that she and many others always got her back.